title: Knowledge and use of wild food plants in areas of dry seasonal forests in Brazil.
abstract: The investigation aimed to compare the knowledge about food plants in rural communities of the Caatinga. The study was conducted in two rural communities in northeastern Brazil. Data collection utilized different ethnobotanical methods, including free listing, semi-structured interviews, and recall. Native species are less frequently consumed as food in both locations. Fruits are the most frequently cited wild resource, but in practice, most of this food availability potential is wasted. Despite community knowledge about wild species with potential food, few species are actually utilized, and thus, many plants are not included in the diets of the populations studied.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Botany, State University of Bahia, Barreiras, Bahia , Brazil. vivyteixeira@gmail.com
authors.forename: Viviany Teixeira
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: do Nascimento
authors.forename: Reinaldo Farias Paiva
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: de Lucena
authors.forename: Maria Inês Sucupira
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Maciel
authors.forename: Ulysses Paulino
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: de Albuquerque
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D004032:Diet; D019448:Ethnobotany; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010945:Plants, Edible; D012424:Rural Population; D012621:Seasons; D014197:Trees